Facebook, Google to Stand Trial in India. Has India got backdoors into Rim, Nokia and Apple? Probably. The memo was posted on Pastebin, but both it and its Google cache have since been removed. There is no way of confirming its legitimacy. Nevertheless, it has caused considerable consternation among commentators. With the rising importance of India to the global economy and the increasing use of Indian resources for data storage, and product support and development, some commentators have questioned the safety of both Western commercial and national secrets.
This may be an over-reaction. The security industry itself is largely underwhelmed. Kaspersky’s David Emm highlights the dilemma for manufacturers. But, he adds, the real issue goes beyond just India. In this instance, the suggestion is that the threat is actually the Indian government. For example, where telephone conversations are necessary, encryption solutions are available.
“In this scenario, traditional phones cannot offer the necessary security armour to protect users working in politically sensitive areas. Have RIM, Nokia & Apple provided Indian Military with backdoor access to cellular comm? On January 6th reports of Symantec (makers of Norton Anitvirus) being hacked surfaced.
The group of hackers behind the attack behind the attack were from India. In a statement issued by a member from the Lords of Dharamraja group (badass name!) , the guys said: As of now we start sharing with all our brothers and followers information from the Indian Militaty (sic) Intelligence servers, so far we have discovered within the Indian Spy Programme (sic) source codes of a dozen software companies which have signed agreements with Indian TANCS programme (sic) and CBI Ignoring the typing error, gaining access to Indian Military's Intelligence servers is pretty damning for the agency.
The hack got covered since the hackers claimed to have acces to Norton's source code. Earlier today I came across scans of a set of documents that are internal communications between the Indian Military. The documents contain snippets of emails sent by members of the USCC. Hat tip @csoghoian. RIM outlines criteria for data access. Giuseppe Valiante, Postmedia News Published: Friday, August 13, 2010 BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd. announced yesterday what it calls four principles that will guide negotiations between itself and foreign governments over access to its network.
RIM's announcement is in response to Wednesday's threat by the government of India that it will "take steps to block" BlackBerry Enterprise Service and BlackBerry Messenger Service starting Aug. 31 if the two aren't "made accessible to law enforcement. " The Indian government's statement added that "the BlackBerry services like Voice, SMS and BIS have been made available to law enforcement agencies. " The government of India did not elaborate and RIM didn't respond to interview requests. Any capability it provides to carriers will be limited by four principles, RIM says.
First, a carrier must observe the strict context of lawful access and national security requirements by the country's judiciary and rules of law. However, the Waterloo, Ont. BlackBerry denies India email access deal as struggle continues | Technology. BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion has hit back at reports that it is ready to allow Indian authorities access to customers' highly-secure corporate emails. The Canadian manufacturer slammed as "false and technologically infeasible" an Economic Times of India report which said that it will allow the Indian government access to all messages and emails sent by its 400,000 BlackBerry customers in the country. An internal home ministry memo, apparently seen by the paper, suggested that RIM would automatically make readable all BlackBerry communications, including encrypted enterprise emails.
RIM quickly refuted the charges, saying that only an account holder has the necessary key to decrypt the messages. But it confirmed that security authorities and mobile operators will be granted "lawful access" to the popular BlackBerry Messenger chats. India is an important market for RIM. Mobile.scmagazineus. March 02, 2011 The three-year struggle between BlackBerry manufacturer Research In Motion (RIM) and India over what can remain private continues to be played out in public. After months of debate over India's demands for RIM to provide access to its proprietary enterprise services and encrypted emails, the Waterloo, Ontario-based company linked the dispute to India's economic outlook.
In a note to its enterprise customers in late February, RIM stated that any ban on the company's operations would affect India's financial development and its outsourcing opportunities. Noting that other companies – including Nokia, Motorola, Apple, Sony Ericsson and HTC – offer wireless services with similar types of encryption technologies, RIM contended that every supplier should abide by the same rules. India responded a week later by sharing an internal telecommunications department document with The Economic Times. ‘RIM won’t compromise on security’ BlackBerry, Nokia and Apple have provided the Indian Military with backdoor access to cellular surveillance ~ Terminal X. On January 6th reports of Symantec (makers of Norton Anitvirus) being hacked surfaced. The group of hackers behind the attack behind the attack were from India.
In a statement issued by a member from the Lords of Dharamraja group (badass name!) , the guys said: As of now we start sharing with all our brothers and followers information from the Indian Militaty (sic) Intelligence servers, so far we have discovered within the Indian Spy Programme (sic) source codes of a dozen software companies which have signed agreements with Indian TANCS programme (sic) and CBI Ignoring the typing error, gaining access to Indian Military’s Intelligence servers is pretty damning for the agency. The hack got covered since the hackers claimed to have acces to Norton’s source code.
The documents contain snippets of emails sent by members of the USCC. Rim, Nokia and Apple Providing Government Back Doors. (Translated from the original Italian) What I want to discuss today is the interference of governments in what should be private business, and what are the consequences of policies that are so invasive. The news of this day is that Nokia, RIM and Apple have provided to the Indian government, particularly its military, a backdoor that allows the ability to monitor each mobile device. We also learned that for similar reasons, Symantec has provided the source code view of some of its products to the Indian government to comply with an agreement in order to conduct business there.
There are many topics to be discussed, the use of backdoors for purposes of spying and surveillance, the way in which governments impose their own policies on private companies,and the risks faced by businesses due to this kind of interference. A few days ago I received a message on Twitter announcing what had happened. However, the situation is no different from many other countries.